Students use Facebook to create community
By Jacq Flash, for The Pitt News
January 6, 2019
Facebook’s groups feature has become a way to connect people with similar interests or goals.
Latest textbook editions put an extra burden on students
By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
September 20, 2018
Filed under Columns, Opinions, Uncategorized
Being a college student is expensive. With average costs of books per academic year already soaring past the $1,000 mark, it only makes sense for professors to do everything they can to supplement information instead of mandating pricier new editions.
Courses cut costs as OERs come to Pitt
By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer
May 30, 2018
Filed under Uncategorized
Thousands of students flock to Oakland every August to attend one of the most costly public schools in the United States. These students will either go The University Store on Fifth to buy their textbooks at full price or go to sites like Amazon, praying for a better deal and two-day free shipping. Either ...
Pitt professors teach what they write
By Zoe Pawliczek | Staff Writer
September 13, 2017
Filed under Campus, News, Top Stories
Few students enjoy buying textbooks for their classes, but Olivia Raymond was eager to purchase her elementary statistics textbook last spring knowing its author would also be her professor. “I was happy because I figured that the class would closely follow the book, so the book would be more rel...